Directed by:
John SturgesScreenplay:
John Monks Jr.Cinematography:
John AltonComposer:
Carmen DragonCast:
Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Diana Lynn, John Hodiak, Eduardo Ciannelli, James Arness, Yvette Duguay, Jay C. Flippen, William Campbell, Richard Anderson (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Jim Curtayne, formerly a successful defense attorney who is now a recovering alcoholic, attempts a comeback when he defends a neighbor's son a homicide charge. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Spencer Tracy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337604_c200e7.jpg)
Spencer Tracy
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Fury (1936)
![Pat O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316842_50a47a.jpg)
Pat O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
![Diana Lynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576500_37b9bf.jpg)
Diana Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Track of the Cat (1954)
![John Hodiak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871886_e125cb.jpg)
John Hodiak
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Lifeboat (1944)
![Eduardo Ciannelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194012_85a737.jpg)
Eduardo Ciannelli
Italy
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Gilda (1946)
The Chase (1966)
![James Arness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271257_69c1e6.jpg)
James Arness
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Battleground (1949)
![Yvette Duguay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448451_42b0df.jpg)
Yvette Duguay
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
![Jay C. Flippen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987354_8bbbfd.jpg)
Jay C. Flippen
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![William Campbell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362155_617caf.jpg)
William Campbell
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Breaking Point (1950)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
![Richard Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269152_d35d4f.jpg)
Richard Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Henry O'Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120207_51d6d1.jpg)
Henry O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Arthur Shields](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319091_07cbc3.jpg)
Arthur Shields
Ireland
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Ann Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505278_4186c0.jpg)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Mae Clarke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271152_846c14.jpg)
Mae Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Front Page (1931)
![Strother Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280956_c7d2d0.jpg)
Strother Martin
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Jack Kruschen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273538_b4c8db.jpg)
Jack Kruschen
Canada
Best movies:
The Apartment (1960)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Cape Fear (1962)
![Charles Bronson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267687_2d5a20.jpg)
Charles Bronson
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
![Leonard Bremen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619239_2ec0bf.jpg)
Leonard Bremen
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Front Page (1974)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Michael Tolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886348_9824dd.gif)
Michael Tolan
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
All That Jazz (1979)
Julius Caesar (1953)